The European Union has published the implementing annex of the agreement on the path to the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

The annex states that the parties agree not to block any of the articles and that they will set up a Joint Monitoring Committee that will be chaired by the EU for the implementation of the points of the agreement.

The Joint Monitoring Committee will be established within 30 days and the implementation of all provisions will be ensured and supervised by this committee.

Kosovo has agreed to immediately start negotiations to establish arrangements and preparations to ensure a genuine level of self-management of the Serbian community, an article that is seen as a reference to the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities in Kosovo.

Another point is the organization of the donors’ conference within 150 days to create an investment and financial aid package for Kosovo and Serbia. However, the annex states that no disbursement will occur before the EU determines that all provisions of the Agreement have been fully implemented.

The parties also agree to adopt the Declaration on Missing Persons, as negotiated within the Dialogue facilitated by the EU, while in the annex this is highlighted as “as an urgent matter.”

Kosovo-Serbia dialogue annex

This appendix forms an integral part of the Agreement.

• This Annex constitutes an integral part of the Agreement.
• Kosovo and Serbia fully commit to honour all Articles of the Agreement and this Annex, and implement all their respective obligations stemming from the Agreement and this Annex expediently and in good faith.
• The Parties take note that the Agreement and the Implementation Annex will become integral parts of the respective EU accession processes of Kosovo and Serbia. The Parties note that immediately after the adoption of the Agreement and this Annex, the EU Facilitator will start the process to amend the Chapter 35 benchmarks for Serbia to reflect Serbia’s new obligations stemming from the Agreement and this Annex. The agenda of Kosovo’s Special Group on Normalisation will equally reflect Kosovo’s new obligations stemming from the Agreement and this Annex.
• The Parties agree to endorse the Declaration on Missing Persons, as negotiated under the EU-facilitated Dialogue, as a matter of urgency.
• To implement Article 7, Kosovo launches immediately negotiations within the EU-facilitated Dialogue on establishing specific arrangements and guarantees to ensure an appropriate level of self-management for the Serbian community in Kosovo, in compliance with relevant previous Dialogue agreements as determined by the EU Facilitator.
• The Parties agree to set up a Joint Monitoring Committee, chaired by the EU, within 30 days. The implementation of all provisions shall be ensured and supervised by the Joint Monitoring Committee.
• To implement Article 9, the EU will organise a donor conference within 150 days to set up an investment and financial aid package for Kosovo and Serbia. No disbursement will happen before the EU determines that all provisions of the Agreement have been fully implemented.
• Kosovo and Serbia agree that all Articles will be implemented independently of each other.
• The order of the paragraphs of this Annex is without prejudice to the order of their implementation.
• Kosovo and Serbia agree not to block implementation of any of the Articles.
• All discussions related to implementation of the Agreement will take place under the EU-facilitated Dialogue.
• Kosovo and Serbia recognise that any failure to honour their obligations from the Agreement, this Annex or the past Dialogue Agreements may have direct negative consequences for their respective EU accession processes and the financial aid they receive from the EU.